Tedra Cobb Wins Democratic Primary to Unseat Elise Stefanik

Tedra Cobb is the Democratic candidate for the 21st Congressional District and will be running to unseat Congresswoman Elise Stefanik. Like you, Tedra Cobb shares the struggles that North Country families face:

paying our bills

caring for our children and parents

gaining access to affordable healthcare

and keeping up with demanding jobs

Tedra’s a proven challenger who plans to earn your vote every day she serves in Congress.

Her pledge to you:

To work hard for everyone in her district, regardless of party affiliation

To remain the transparent and honest person she’s known to be

Tedra’s deep desire to serve her community has been a constant theme in her career. Her first business undertaking was starting a community health agency (which continues to employ twelve people today). There she secured federal and state funding to provide preventative screening and follow-up care to hundreds of our own hard-working North Country neighbors who don’t make enough to afford health insurance. During that time, Tedra’s husband Scott also started a not-for-profit organization to help North Country families and farmers reduce their utility costs and reliance on fossil fuels through energy efficiency.

In 2002, Tedra ran for the St. Lawrence County Legislature and, against all odds, beat a powerful incumbent handily. She didn’t win because she had the most money or the backing of the majority party. She had neither. Tedra won because she worked tirelessly, going door-to-door, attending every chicken BBQ and giving her ear to every voter who wanted to be heard. Tedra was driven by her memory of the day she witnessed a politician stand up in front of an audience eager for answers cross his arms and turn his back on the crowd. She swore that she would run for office and never turn her back on the people she was elected to serve.

Tedra served Saint Lawrence County for eight years, working side-by-side with community service providers, business owners, community activists, farmers, educators, tradespeople, and her fellow locally elected officials and Legislators. Because of her personal commitment to transparency and integrity in local government, Tedra led the effort to create and pass the current St. Lawrence County ethics law and the St. Lawrence County (NY) Board of Ethics.

She made her decision to run for Congress the day the 21st district’s current elected representative refused to reach across the aisle and turned her back on the people who elected her by voting for the highly partisan American Healthcare Act. If that law had passed in the Senate, the people of New York’s 21st congressional district would have been economically devastated. Thousands of healthcare workers would have lost their jobs, many of the region’s hospitals could have closed and 64,000 people would have lost their health insurance.

The 21st Congressional District deserves a representative who will put our interests above party politics and personal political ambition. Tedra Cobb has the character, gumption and resourcefulness to do just that.